Given his numerous accomplishments as a printer, scientist and statesman, it’s easy to overlook Benjamin Franklin’s record as a prolific inventor of his era. “During Benjamin Franklin’s lifetime, he ...

This was the warning of Benjamin Franklin, a scientist, thinker, and defender of American freedom. He became one of the most well-known figures of the American Revolution for his sharp observations of ...

Ben Franklin's invention of the lightning rod and his revelation of the mysterious workings of lightning and thunder made him one of the foremost scientists of his day. As Dray, who won the Robert F.

Joyce E. Chaplin is the James Duncan Phillips professor of early American history at Harvard University and author of the forthcoming “The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution,” from ...